One of my favorite buildings in downtown St Paul is the Jemne building. It’s dwarfed by the...
Twin Cities Area
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Although it’s difficult to tell now, Highway 100 in the west metro was once one of the most...
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Wilder Public Baths
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Swinford Townhomes
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
The Eight Days in May Protests
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
The Swinford Apartments
Greater Minnesota
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Have you ever wondered how Minnesota became known as the land of 10,000 lakes? Every Minnesotan...
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Not much has changed at this house in Duluth. It looks pretty much the same as it did when it was...
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Welcome To Old Wadena
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
The Church of the Holy Cross
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Exploring Ottawa
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hollywood Town Hall
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Meyer School In St Augusta
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Historic Wasioja
Oxford Mill Ruin
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The Milford Monument
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Historic Franconia
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
The Duluth Homestead Project
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Welcome to Hanska
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Welcome To Dotson
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Old Brewery In Preston
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Florence Town Hall
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Little Falls Depot
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Lost Highway 61
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Moving Old Hibbing
Visiting Golden Gate
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The End of the Line in Currie
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Little Marais Inn
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Bend in the River Regional Park
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
The Le Sueur Theater
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Endion School In Duluth
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Ruins of Sawyer School
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
District 48 School Near Delano
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
District 6 School in New Sweden
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
State Theater In Hutchinson
Welcome To Cobden
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Moderne New Ulm Library
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Finding The Past In Swatara
Red Wing Iron Works
Green Lake Mounds
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hanover Bridge
The Almelund Creamery
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
The Old School In Wolverton
Exploring Sandstone
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Enter Marlon Brando
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Almond White and the Motley Castle
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Dead Good Walks
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Glader cemetery is located on a hill overlooking South Center Lake in Lindström. It is the oldest...
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
The first chapel for the parish of St. Peter was located in a log cabin across the river from Fort...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Maple Hill Cemetery
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Chippewa City Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Clarence R. Magney was born on January 11, 1883 and spent his childhood in the St. Croix River...
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who don’t...
Discovering Wisconsin Point
I found one of my new favorite places in 2020 while enjoying time outside while social distancing...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
Watts Free Library In Leonard
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Winter At The Lamar School
Welcome to Heaton
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Article Archive
Edward and Sadie Gale Mansion in Minneapolis
Henry and Lucy Myers House in Duluth
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City